BS ISO 639-2:1998:1999 Edition

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Codes for the representation of the names of languages – Alpha-3 code

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BSI	1999	78

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Description

This part of ISO 639 provides two sets of three-letter alphabetic codes for the representation of names of languages, one for terminology applications and the other for bibliographic applications. The code sets are the same except for twenty-five languages that have variant language codes because of the criteria used for formulating them (see 4.1). The language codes were devised originally for use by libraries, information services, and publishers to indicate language in the exchange of information, especially in computerized systems. These codes have been widely used in the library community and may be adopted for any application requiring the expression of language in coded form by terminologists and lexicographers. The alpha-2 code set was devised for practical use for most of the major languages of the world that are most frequently represented in the total body of the world’s literature. Additional language codes are created when it becomes apparent that a significant body of literature in a particular language exists. Languages designed exclusively for machine use, such as computer programming languages, are not included in this code.

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Status	Withdrawn
Title	Codes for the representation of the names of languages – Alpha-3 code
Publisher	BSI
Committee	TS/1
Pages	78
Publication Date	1999-05-15
Withdrawn Date	2023-11-20
Replaced By	BS ISO 639:2023
ISBN	0 580 32497 4
Standard Number	BS ISO 639-2:1998
Identical National Standard Of	ISO 639-2:1998
Descriptors	Alphabets, Character sets, Information exchange, Terminology, Bibliographic references, Library and information science, Coded representation, Latin characters, Coded character sets, Codes, Linguistics, Languages
ICS Codes	01.020 - Terminology (principles and coordination)

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